Dear Friend,
From where we sit as longtime activists in Israel's struggle to define who she is, this past summer was an astonishing time. What began as a protest over the price of cottage cheese grew into mass demonstrations across Israel against the rising cost of living and our increasingly inadequate social welfare system.
The extremist settlers call it "Price Tag." We have always called it by its proper name: Terrorism.
Now, Israel's Shin Bet, the IDF's top brass and Israeli Cabinet members agree with us. On Monday, shortly after a mosque was torched in an Israeli-Arab village in the Galilee and "Price Tag" graffiti was found nearby, Internal Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch, a member of the extreme right wing Yisrael Beitenu Party, told an Israel Radio reporter that he prefers not to use the perpetrators self-serving jargon. "This is an act of terrorism," he said.
The problem is that largely because of law enforcement negligence, a terror campaign that has been raging in the West Bank for at least three years, has now mushroomed into a widespread phenomenon - both in the West Bank and in Israel proper - that targets not only West Bank Palestinians but also Israeli Arab citizens, Israeli peace activists and Israeli law enforcement officers.
Gadi Taub | Yale University Press (2011)
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The New York Times (September 2011)
A look at Ariel, a large settlement deep in the West Bank that is emblematic of the conflict's flash points. Part
of the New York Times video series "Challenges
in Defining an Israeli-Palestinian Border." (7:31) Watch >
The New York Times (2011)
Overview of the borders issue and related points of conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Includes a
special focus on the Jordan Valley. Part of the NY Times video series "Challenges
in Defining an Israeli-Palestinian Border." (7:01) Watch >
Americans for Peace Now (2011)
APN's Lara Friedman provides an outline of the history of US policy regarding the status of Jerusalem. Includes
dates, statements, and descriptions of relevant actions by US government bodies and officials. Read More >
The New York Times (2012)
Overview of Jerusalem as it pertains to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Residents, experts, and notable figures
are interviewed. (8:08) Read More >
Americans for Peace Now (2011)
APN's honest assessment of the "defensibility" of borders based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed upon land
swaps. PDF >
Zogby International / Arab American Institute Foundation (July 2011)
Finds that President Obama is seen overwhelmingly as failing to meet the expectations of Arabs set during his 2009
Cairo speech speech, and the vast majority of those surveyed disagree with U.S policies. In five out of the six
countries surveyed, the U.S. was viewed less favorably than Turkey, China, France--or Iran. The countries surveyed
viewed "U.S. interference in the Arab world" as the greatest obstacle to peace and stability in the Middle East,
second only to the continued Palestinian occupation. Read More >